صراحی

Persian

Etymology

‎ (sorâh) +‎ ‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /suɾɑːˈhiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /sʊɾɑːˈhiː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /soɾɒːˈhiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /suɾɔˈhi/

Noun

صراحی • (sorâhi) (plural صراحی‌ها‎ (sorâhi-hâ))

wine-flask; carafe
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 26”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divan of Hafez]‎:
  ‏زلف‌آشفته و خوی‌کرده و خندان‌لب و مست
  پیرهن‌چاک و غزل‌خوان و صراحی در دست‎
  zulf-âšufta wu xway-karda wu xandân-lab u mast
  pîrhan-čâk u ǧazal-xân u surâhî dar dast
  Tousled-hair and sweating and smiling-lipped and drunk,
  Shirt-torn and singing songs and wine-flask in hand
  (romanization in Classical Persian)

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